Translations for „spinster“ in the English » German Dictionary

spin·ster [ˈspɪn(t)stəʳ, Am -stɚ] N usu pej

spinster

alte Jungfer old pej

Martha Smith, Spinster LAW

die ledige [o. unverheiratete] Martha Smith

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

Martha Smith, Spinster LAW

die ledige [o. unverheiratete] Martha Smith

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Sally on the other hand never married and died in the house, a spinster at the age of 82.

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Throughout the remainder of the 16th century and into the 17th century, the convent attracted young widowed or spinster noblewomen.

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With a bit of coaxing, the ageing spinster tells the story of her life, leading to a flashback.

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The spinsters invariably of both married and unmarried women are similar and fit closely below the knee.

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The riposte carries not the indignation of a lion affronted but the sweet-natured slap on the wrist from a simpering spinster.

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While everything is planned, they discover that the vacant apartment has just become occupied by two spinsters and their young, attractive maid.

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This led to laughable courtships with well-bred spinsters, including one who herself had lost her fortune to gambling.

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Many poorer girls were being taught in dame schools, informally set up by a widow or spinster to teach reading, sewing and cooking.

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In the film, a shy spinster runs off with a charming playboy, who turns out to be penniless, a gambler, and dishonest in the extreme.

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His recalls how his spinster aunt was too worried about the cutlery etiquette to dine out.

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